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I like dogs and hate cancer so on Saturday, Lincoln and I woke up early to do the American Cancer Society Bark for Life walk. The walk was being held to raise money for cancer and until the day of, I wasn’t sure if it was for doggie cancer or human cancer but regardless, raising money for any kind of cancer is a good thing. You could register as part of team or individually, which I did since I didn’t know anyone else who was doing it.

We were one of the first ones to arrive, which gave us a lot of time to check our the different sponsors and vendors plus get some swag!

My first time trying Cake Batter fro yo–amazing!

You can bet your sweet butt, I stuffed as many as I could in my purse then took a couple of trips to my car to drop off!

Soon, the area filled up with all kinds of dogs

There were big dogs

…..and small dogs

….and even dressed up dogs!

I thought of my favorite dachshund Basil when I saw these dolled up pups

Lincoln wasn’t doing too well with the outrageous number of dogs and people there, he can be a bit skiddish at times

But once I grabbed him in my arms and carried him around like a baby he was fin

Dog has me wrapped around his finger paw I tell you.

Soon, we were off walking, the walk was a 1.57 mile walk around Uptown Charlotte starting across the street from Bank of America stadium

When I took this picture, I had to stop myself from laughing. All the dogs were going crazy sniffing everything in sight. I pictures one of e dogs finding a human hand or foot and cue in the Law and Order music–it reminded of a situation that would kick off an episode. Anyone else? No? Just me? Ok.

It was the perfect day for a walk! There were a lot of bitches for Lincoln to hit on, sights to see such as the Carolina Panthers practice field, skyline of Uptown Charlotte and Bank of America Stadium, where the Panthers play when they decide to show up.

When we finished the walk, we came back to the stage area where they were holding contests for smallest dog, biggest dog, etc. plus had a live dj from one of the country music stations here. It kinda bummed me out because given the event and all, I was hoping they would play “Atomic Dog” or “Who Let The Dogs Out” I even went up to the dj and asked if he would play one and he refused (and may have looked at me like I was a little off for actually wanting to hear “Who Let The Dogs Out”) Lincoln was absolutely pooped afterwards and ready to go home and plop down on the couch

Instead of passing out as I had been hoping for, he puked all over my ottoman. Too much excitement in one morning for my little guy 😦

Do you give to charity or do runs, walks or rides? If so, is there a specific one you support? I donate to the Humane Society but have done walks for breast cancer, domestic violence and March of Dimes and a 5K for colon rectal cancer.

That is amazing! LOL about the Law & Order premise – too true! I don’t even watch those shows, but every CSI seems to start off that way…before I change the station to some horribly (addicting) reality show 😉

i did a dog 5k this weekend for our vet school. i pretty much paid $20 to stand in the cold and run up some bitching hills…no swag, not even a shirt or a race bib. im still miffed about that.the dogs at this run were pretty wild and i found it funny that people brought their purse dogs to run a race…lol.

love the swag you got. i would have gone back to my car and loaded up twice too 😉

Sorry I missed this! I did do the Dogs Walk for Cancer last year, which I guess is what this event used to be called, but I totally forgot when it was going to be this year, and forgot to put it on the calendar. I couldn’t done it anyway though, because I had a brunch baby shower to attend that morning. Maybe next year! I think I’m going to do Pet Palooza in May. If you haven’t haven’t moved yet by then, you should come 🙂

Poor thing! Breaks my heart when the doggies barf!
It was Mickeys Birthday Yesterday! shes officially 5. sadness.
I love the event. We have a doggy parade in Kew Gardens but I hate it. No one knows how to raise a dog- agressive dogs over stupidity- i cant afford a trip to the vet so i opt out.

Aw! The picture of Linc with his tongue out is TOO CUTE! Bailey is the same way around other dogs- he acts all excited from afar but once they get close to him he is so standoffish. I totally think they should have played who let the dogs out!

Such a cute picture of Lincoln sticking his tongue out! 😀 Good idea too to stuff all those into your purse (I like vitamin water, they have that here too)
That’s great you do so much for charity! I sponsor a boy in India but I would like to do something more…

Awww poor Linky threw up? 😦
I love when we do the doggy 5K to raise money for the local Humane Society. SO much fun seeing all the dogs. We do a bunch of other stuff like Relay for Life and I donate to a zillion charities b/c I get sucked in at every piece of mail I get with sob stories about kids or animals.

Good swag there! I didn’t even know TCBY still existed. Yogiberry here has cake batter and just tried it. So good!

Yeah, he gets nervous with all of the action going on plus all the extra treats he got. We dont have Yogiberry here (I dont think we do at least) but yeah, I guess TCBY is making a come back now-go figure!

oh wow that looks like so much fun! your dog must have had a blast! and i always do a race for breast cancer every fall!!! the cake batter fro yo sounds delish, i just had coconut fro yo for the first time at razzy fresh and was in absolute HEAVEN!

Aww. How cute! You guys were right by my apartment! I haven’t done any races/walks yet (I know, I should be ashamed) but I plan to get on the bandwagon this spring. Do you know any other good ones coming up in Charlotte?